Ulmus 'Globosa'

*Ulmus* 'Globosa'
Ulmus 'Globosa'
Genus	Ulmus
Cultivar	'Globosa'
Origin	Germany

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Globosa' was first described (as Ulmus campestris globosa ) in the Späth nursery catalogue of 1892–93. Considered "probably Ulmus carpinifolia (: minor)" by Green ^[1]

Description[]

Späth described the tree as having an uninterrupted, very dense, strongly branched, globose crown with firm, coriaceous shining leaves, but very different from 'Umbraculifera'. The leaves were said to be like those of 'Berardii'.^[2]

Cultivation[]

No specimens are known to survive.

Synonymy[]

Ulmus campestris globosa Behnsch

References[]

^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 24 (6–8): 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
^ "New garden plants of the year 1894". Kew Bulletin: 54. 1895.

External links[]

"Herbarium specimen - L.1581883". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet labelled Ulmus procera Salisb. globosa (Nich.), Hortus Nymphenburg, Munich, 1957
"Herbarium specimen - WAG.1911570". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet labelled Ulmus procera Salisb. globosa (Nich.), Hortus Nymphenburg, Munich, 1957

[Green-1] Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 24 (6–8): 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.

[kewbull-2] "New garden plants of the year 1894". Kew Bulletin: 54. 1895.

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